Debussy: Cello Sonata

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Prologue

2. Serenade & 3. Finale

3. Finale (practice)

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Claude Debussy wrote his cello sonata in 1915, and was one of the last pieces he composed. The sonata is just over ten minutes in length, and makes use of modes and pentatonic scales which Debussy was fond of. The sonata uses many advanced cello techniques, and is an extremely effective performance piece when played by experienced soloists. The first movement is influenced by music of the early eighteenth century, and the last two movements are played without a break.

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4 crotchet click-beats at beginning indicate pulse before piece starts. At the start of bar 1, a single click-beat sounds before the cello enters.